South Carolina Code of Law, Title 16, SECTION 16-15-60: Adultery or fornication, reads:

Any man or woman who shall be guilty of the crime of adultery or fornication shall be liable to indictment and, on conviction, shall be severally punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich was a well-known adulterer and abuser of young women. He had an affair during his probe of Bill Clinton’s improper relationship with an intern, but refused to cancel his clandestine liaisons (see: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/09/politics/main2551861.shtml) Newt had three wives–and cheated on each of them. He took one of his mistresses to his cancer-stricken wife’s bed so the “other woman” could see his wife. A fervent Baptist he converted to Roman Catholicism in 2009 to win the attention of his latest wife. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Ethics_sanctions He was forgiven for his “sins” by evangelical extremists and the Roman Catholic church to be the first [sic] condemn Sharia (Islamic) law as a threat to democracy on July 29, 2010 at the American Enterprise Institute. (See my blogs and articles published in 2008, 2009, 2010.)

Palm Beach, Florida GOP Representative Mark Foley acknowledged sending sexual notes to boys from his Congressional computer, and having sex with a male page (see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901574.html) after damning Barney Frank (Democrat Massachusetts) of being gay, although Frank was open about his own homosexuality–leading Denton, Texas GOP Representative Dick Armey to refer to Frank as “Rep. Faggot” on the floor of the House of Representatives–while Armey continued to hide his own sexual irregularities (The Dallas Observer noted he had been denounced by three co-eds at North Texas University for improper and unwanted “advancements”; see: http://www.apj.us/122899Armey.html)

Jim Bunn Congressman of Oregon won his congressional seat with the endorsement and financing of the Christian Coalition, then immediately ditched his wife (and mother of his five children), married a staffer, and put his new wife on the state payroll for the unheard-of salary of $97,500. See: www.justicefornone.com/handbills/pdf/hypos3.pdf.

Idaho GOP Congressman (she refused to use the title Congresswoman) Helen Chenoweth, in 1995, denied having an affair when asked about it by The Spokane Spokesman-Review. In 1998 she called (in a campaign ad) for Bill Clinton’s resignation saying “I believe that personal conduct and integrity do matter”. Days later she admitted to a six-year adulterous affair with a married associate. but now she claims a pardon from a higher authority: “I’ve asked for God’s forgiveness, and I’ve received it,” she revealed. See: http://www.thewashingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/chenoweth091198.htm.

Denver, Colorado GOP activist Randall Dale Ankeney, was arrested for sexually assaulting a 13-year old girl in Fountain, Colorado, after giving her marijuana, an incident that followed his presentation on protecting the family and fighting to reestablish strong family values. (See: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1130885/detail.html).

Georgia GOP Congressman Bob Barr Was married three times. Paid for his second wife’s abortion (she also suspected he was cheating on her). Failed to pay child support to the children of his first two wives and while married to his third and present wife was photographed licking whipped cream off of strippers at his inaugural party, after authoring “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA); see: http://www.webpan.com/dsinclair/barr.html. In 1998, he spoke at the convention of white supremacists known as Council of Conservative Citizens, and blasted any form of sexual irregularities.

Parker J. Bena, Republican activist and Bush Elector, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography (including children as young as 3 years old) on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000; in 2001. The scandal did not stop Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti who was arrested in 2005 for downloading and
distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. See: http://www.republicanoffenders.com/Childporn.html.

One response to “The GOP and Family Values”

“Family values” evidently do not apply to all you mentioned with their life styles and positions of power! Egos get in the way of what has been the norm in society and a residence in DC where colleagues support them with prayer is a contradiction to family values. Shame on all of them for leading a less than stellar life while touting morals for everyone else.